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Stakeout requested by the U.S. Mission
19 September 2012
Press Conference Announcement
UPR Session Michael Posner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council
Title
Stakeout requested by the U.S. Mission
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ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/HRC-UPR_USA_StakeOut_19SEP2012.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at…
8 years 11 months ago
COUNCIL STARTS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND EXPERT MECHANISM ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations Requiring the Council’s Attention
The Human Rights Council this morning started a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples, James Anaya, and the Chairperson of the Expert Mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, Wilton Littlechild. It also concluded its general debate on human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention after hearing from a series of non-governmental organizations.
James Anaya, Special…
8 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 September 2012
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) said general debate on Item Four which began yesterday (17 September) was about to finish and had heard from 30 NGOs. Today (18 September) was devoted to the rights of…
8 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held a panel discussion on the access of indigenous peoples to justice.
Mona Rishmawi, Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an opening statement on behalf of High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, said access to justice was a very real human rights concern for indigenous peoples and constituted a universal issue in both developed and developing States. Issues facing indigenous peoples in obtaining access to justice included poverty, illiteracy, poor education, recognition…
8 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF LIBERIA
18 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Liberia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Juliette Duncan Cassel, Minister of Gender and Development said today was only the second time Liberia had met with the Committee on the Rights of the Child since the cessation of the war and the democratic election of the Government. The war years were a grim time for Liberia, and especially for its women and children, many…
8 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH VICE-CHAIRPERSON OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
18 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Vice-Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee after concluding its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Jean Ziegler, Vice-Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, introducing the…
8 years 11 months ago
WFP Press Conference
18 September 2012
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian situation in Myanmar Carlos Veloso, WFP Country Director, Myanmar
Title
WFP Press Conference
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WFP
8 years 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
18 September 2012
Press Conference Announcement
Commodity Prices Clearly Driven by Speculation Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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UNCTAD
8 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION
17 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its sixty-first session, in which it adopted its agenda and heard an address by Gianni Magazzeni, the Chief of Branch of the Americas, Europe and Central Asia Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In his address, Mr. Magazzeni reviewed important developments of interest to the Committee since its sixtieth session, including the High Commissioner’s report on treaty body strengthening. On the new proposals contained in the…
8 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA
17 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
Mr. Pinheiro, introducing the Commission’s report, said that the gross violations of human rights in Syria had grown in number, pace and scale. Indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the form of air strikes and artillery shelling levelled against residential neighbourhoods were occurring daily. There were grounds to believe that Government forces and the…
